Long thread: Because I couldn’t find anything comprehensive…

12/12: The earlier DC protest over the electoral college vote during clearly inspired Jan 6th. On Dec 12th, he tweeted: “Wow! Thousands of people forming in Washington (D.C.) for Stop the Steal. Didn’t know about this, but I’ll be seeing them! #MAGA.” https://t.co/GiiCoFXdhl

Jumping in for @DCist/@wamu885 this evening. The scene rn coming up 17th Street from BLM Plaza. pic.twitter.com/Fn9aukjEPW
— Matt Blitz (@WhyBlitz) December 12, 2020

12/19: Trump announces the Jan. 6th event by tweeting, “Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!” Immediately, insurrectionists begin to discuss the “Wild Protest.” Just 2 days later, this UK political analyst predicts the violence https://t.co/pZDJl70eT6

On January 6, armed Trumpist militias will be rallying in DC, at Trump's orders. It's highly likely that they'll try to storm the Capitol after it certifies Joe Biden's win. I don't think this has sunk in yet.
— Arieh Kovler (@ariehkovler) December 21, 2020

12/26-27: Trump announces his participation on Twitter. On Dec. 29, the FBI sends out a nationwide bulletin warning legislatures about attacks https://t.co/Lgl4yk5aO1

1/1: Trump tweets the time of his protest. Then he retweets “The calvary is coming” on Jan. 6!” Sounds like a war? About this time, the FBI begins visiting right wing extremists to tell them not to go--does the FBI tell the president? https://t.co/3OxnB2AHdr

The violent imagery used throughout the promotion of this event needs a whole separate thread.

1/2: Trump called GA Gov. Kemp to pressure him to “find” votes for him to win. The same day, theDonald site users are openly calling for civil war on Jan 6th. Here’s the post that prompted an FBI intelligence report in VA a few days later. https://t.co/wLn59XMezR

1/5: Trump sends a series of tweets promoting the rally the next day and touting “thousands of people pouring into D.C.” as a way to dissuade “weak Republicans” from accepting the results of the election.

1/5: Trump tweets at various law enforcement, intelligence, and military agencies that he supposedly oversees about the threat from “Antifa.” At the same time, a VA FBI Office warns of a “war” at the Capitol from the far right starting the next day. https://t.co/RWQ9B2r6MX

1/6, 1:00am: Trump stays up until well after midnight tweeting that Pence can overturn the election the next day.

1/6, 8:06am: Trump is awake again and hate-watching MSNBC

1/6, 8:17: Trump continues to pressure Pence to overturn the election via Twitter:

1/6, 11:54am: Trump and Trump Jr and family are waiting for Trump to take the stage to address about 8,000 insurrectionists, pre-insurrection, at the Ellipse outside the White House https://t.co/4tAhZeoqQT

Trump his family, and more watching the riot at the Capitol @CNN @ChrisCuomo @donlemon @KTLA @ABC7 @NBCNews pic.twitter.com/UjdzylnioK
— Deangelo Monroe\u2b50 (@Toxxic_pisces) January 8, 2021

Question that I haven’t found reporting on: How much did Trump & his team know about the threats when he went ahead with his participation? Were concerns ignored or never raised? The FBI is telling extremists not to come, but not warning the president not to call for them?

1/6, 12:00-12:17pm: Trump begins his speech. At 12:17, he says that he will march with the rioters to the Capitol to demand the election be overturned. https://t.co/cUohC9JgRb

"After this, we\u2019re going to walk down and I\u2019ll be there with you. We\u2019re going to walk down. We\u2019re going to walk down any one you want, but I think right here. We\u2019re going walk down to the Capitol"

Donald J. Trump - Jan 6 2021 pic.twitter.com/3w8VlcRMn4
— Nick_1623 (@Nick_1623) January 14, 2021

Trump/the White House apparently did not tell anyone at least in federal law enforcement that he was going to order a march to the Capitol following the speech. Was this intentional? https://t.co/QIm1sdmAz3

1/6, 12:18: Immediately after ordering the march to the capitol, Trump says you can never take back the country with weakness. https://t.co/Da2aVbHstu

\u201cBecause you\u2019ll never take back your Country with weakness. You have to show strength and you have to be strong.\u201d
The yesterday\u2019s riots moral instigator.#CapitolHill #CapitolHillRiots #WashingtonRiots #ByeByeTrump pic.twitter.com/XSyJEcV7fU
— Massimo Lucia (@max1602) January 7, 2021

1/6, 12:54pm: Trump is still reciting his normal lies about the election to the rest of the protesters a mile away as some protesters who left when Trump first said to walk arrive at the Capitol & immediately attack the Capitol police https://t.co/kk7sTvH4Ly

IMPORTANT: this is exact moment the siege of the Capitol building began as the two men in front ripped down a preliminary barrier & rushed officers who were behind a 2nd barrier

They then encouraged others to follow their lead. Officers appeared to be taken completely off guard pic.twitter.com/LE0a01PXBi
— ELIJAH SCHAFFER (@ElijahSchaffer) January 6, 2021

1/6, 1:11pm: Trump ends the speech by telling his supporters to join those who are now already inside the barricades around the Capitol fighting with the police https://t.co/H4UBETd1rp

"We are going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue and we're going to the Capitol and we're going to try and give weak Republicans the pride and boldness that they need to take back our country... So let's walk down Pennsylvania Ave" https://t.co/V7rZDp82Hi
Nauseating
— Marcela Garc\xeda (@marcelagarciar) January 7, 2021

1/6, 1:19pm: Trump returns in his motorcade to the White House. A key moment: He promised the crowd he would go to the Capitol. Was that really an open plan? Did he lie? Or did he hear about the ongoing rioting & decide against it after the speech? https://t.co/BFbtaP7EmP

According to the AP, Trump attending the riot was “discussed” by “the White House” but “abandoned” but who was involved and did this happened before or after the speech? Maybe other reporting has clarified this? https://t.co/jGn7PVYnYS

1/6, ~1:25: Back in the White House, Trump turns on the TV to watch the riots
https://t.co/1nW346QhRt

At that point, the insurrectionists look like they are still believing that Trump might be with them! https://t.co/BrFurVwebV

Very telling video of rioters outside the Capitol shouting at police: "We were invited here. We were invited by the president of the United States" pic.twitter.com/Ctt5M1ijoA
— Drew Harwell (@drewharwell) January 13, 2021

1/6, 1:49: Trump is tweeting a video of his speech starting the riot, which includes all the false justifications for the attack! About this time (or earlier), the Capitol Police makes the request for immediate assistance from the D.C. National Guard.

1/6, ~2:13: Congress suspends action, and Trump is apparently “enthusiastic” that the riot might stop the vote, exactly what he wanted! https://t.co/WSogQSHnQy

White House officials were shaken by Trump's reaction to a mob of his supporters descending on the Capitol today. He was described to me as borderline enthusiastic because it meant the certification was being derailed. It has genuinely freaked people out.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 7, 2021

1/6, ~2:15: Trump calls Sen. Lee looking for Sen. Tuberville to sure up votes to overturn the election. Presumably, Sen. Lee thought Trump wanted to discuss how to stop the attack on the Capitol, not how to aid it https://t.co/dGxXlvoj6s

1/6, ~2:20: After rioters break into the capitol, Trump is watching TV, “enjoying the spectacle”
https://t.co/CNpBC9aetG

1/6, ~2:20: As chaos overtakes the Capitol, aides are telling senators that Trump is walking around the White House “delighted” with the situation and is “confused” why everyone else isn’t on board with the insurrection https://t.co/eqSdGylNqX

1/6, 2:24: Trump tweets an unhinged condemnation of VP Pence--even as the insurrectionists are just a few feet away from getting to him. His tweet provokes a scramble to find him by the insurrectionists inside the Capitol
https://t.co/BE5n0k0XlW https://t.co/LQMGPHWhEb

1/6, 2:38: After the insurrectionists seize control, Trump aides finally convince him to tweet about it, but only to say “stay” peaceful (as if they already were) and refuses to tell them to leave the Capitol--he didn’t even want to say “stay peaceful” https://t.co/CNpBC9aetG

1/6, ~2:45: Trump resists requests to act on the request to bring up the National Guard. Ultimately, VP Pence does so even without the legal authority to do so! https://t.co/4QJrxzYGXC https://t.co/K4ozkjimOK

1/6, ~2:55: Trump talks to GOP House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on the phone. McCarthy yells at Trump for refusing to take action. This conversation where Trump showed contempt for his life probably led McCarthy to blame Trump for the riot. https://t.co/a5E6HbXxwS

1/6, ~3:00: Trump is conferring with the world’s worst group of “advisors” about the situation. We know that this same group thought the entire situation was overblown by the media even the next day after everything! https://t.co/4QJrxzYGXC https://t.co/tgehnEVhZD

1/6, 3:13: Trump tweets to ask everyone “at the U.S. Capitol” (not inside attacking it) to “remain peaceful” (again, as if they were). Not to tell them to leave the capitol and stop attacking it! Rep Gallegher tweets a vid hiding in his office urging the president to call it off

1/6, ~3:45-4:17: Trump goes outside of the White House to film three takes of a video telling the “very special” insurrectionists to go home, while noting that he “loves” them. What's in the other takes? He goes inside and tweets the video at 4:17 https://t.co/CNpBC9aetG

1/6, 6:01pm: After the Capitol is secured, Trump tweets what amounts to his thanks to the insurrectionists telling them to go home and “remember this day,” revealing publicly for the first time that he believed their actions were worth remembrance.

1/6, 7pm: Giuliani calls Sen. Lee leaving a message intended for Sen. Tuberville about trying to prevent Congress from voting. Basically the same as Trump’s phone call earlier in the day. There’s reason to believe that Trump was behind this effort as well https://t.co/8D7CkvPkUv

1/7, 7:10pm: It was not until Thursday night that Trump posted a video conceding the election and that a new administration will take office. Yet he immediately regretted doing so. https://t.co/CNpBC9aetG

Questions: what did Trump know about extremists attending his speech? When/why did Trump decide against going to the Capitol? Who else was Trump calling during the riot? What're in the other takes of the video? Will anyone testify? Will Pence?
https://t.co/GCqGOdt8nh

The House should immediately subpoena the President\u2019s phone records. He was calling people during the Capitol insurrection to try to continue to delay election certification. Who else did he try to call other than Sen. Tuberville? Rudy\u2019s calls too.
— Barbara Comstock (@BarbaraComstock) January 10, 2021

There were also a huge number of phone calls going out to Trump, his aides & family. I didn't list them all, but having a full account of how Trump ignored all his "friends" during the crisis would be important as well.

Did Trump know his supporters saw him as backing their move? Even if he never saw analysis like this one below (because he distrusts and refuses to take meetings with his intel services), doesn't that failure only further support the case against him? https://t.co/uYOSaw2Aw4

I've obtained a new intelligence memo warning that the lie that the election was fraudulent threatens to incite more extremist violence in future.

Trump still won't disown this lie, and many Republicans still won't unambiguously condemn it.

My latest:https://t.co/ijvSqdS3w0
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) January 14, 2021

Long thread: Because I couldn’t find anything comprehensive, I’m just going to post everything I’ve seen in the news/Twitter about Trump’s activities related to the Jan 6th insurrection. I think the timing & context of his actions/inactions will matter a lot for a senate trial.

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